Right Atrium Laceration with Pericardial Tamponade: A Rare Presentation of Blunt Cardiac Trauma

Right Atrium Laceration with Pericardial Tamponade: A Rare Presentation of Blunt Cardiac Trauma

Cardiac laceration from blunt thoracic trauma is not a common presentation. The rate of mortality due to this injury is very high since it is not diagnosed and treated immediately. In this study, we present the case of a 65-year-old man with blunt cardiac trauma, causing right atrial rupture and per...

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Main Authors: Hamid Hoseinikhah, Behzad Alizadeh, Alireza Sepehri Shamloo, Narges Imani, Asadollah Sharifian, Aliasghar Moeinipour
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences 2015-11-01
Series:Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine
Subjects:
Cardiac Trauma
Laceration
Tamponade
Online Access:http://jctm.mums.ac.ir/pdf_5849_b327892c4237ba961512d7e7c06ab251.html

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